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- gulam's "mem" command will produce nonsensical results, since it looks
- at the GEMDOS memory list directly, and according to GEMDOS all the
- computer's memory is allocated to MINT.PRG. "mem" crashes under TOS 1.4
- anyways, so this problem is not new.
-
- Turtle reports an error in memory configuration; yet the configuration
- printed out looks perfectly fine. I don't know whether this one is
- turtle's fault or MiNT's. (Probably turtle's: the problem has also
- been reported on newer versions of TOS.)
-
- GFA Basic programs often (usually?) try to use memory they don't own.
- Needless to say, this can cause problems under MiNT, ranging from
- bus errors to a system crash.
-
- A lot of programs don't act very nicely in a multi-tasking environment.
- Programs that redefine the keyboard (eg gulam), run in supervisor mode,
- or steal interrupt vectors can cause problems. (Programs in supervisor mode
- tend to hog the processor, because MiNT won't pre-empt them -- this may
- be excessively cautious of MiNT, but it serves to avoid any problems with
- device drivers). If you're only running one program at a time under MiNT,
- these problems don't arise.
-